Alex (Cold Fury Hockey, #1)(100)
Acknowledgments
First and foremost, I would like to give my dad, Jerry, a big old high five for introducing me to the sport of hockey many years ago. He took me to Pittsburgh to watch his beloved Penguins play the Islanders. I remember one of the players took a puck to the face, right in front of one of the goals. He bled all over. The refs just kicked and scraped at the frozen spot of blood until they made a big pile of blood slush, and then kicked it out of the way into the back of the goal. I turned to my dad and said, “This is a cool sport!” I’ve been a fan ever since.
I have found this business to be a lot about chance.
I want to make sure to give my heartfelt thanks to my editor, Sue Grimshaw. Thank you for reading my work and for taking that chance on me. I’m a big believer in partnership and I think we make a hell of a team!
The other person who took a chance on me is my agent, Pamela Harty. She was the first one in this business to believe in me, and as she pushed me forward, she made me believe she wouldn’t be the last.
To the man who took the biggest chance when he married my crazy ass, my husband, Shawn. He supported me when I decided to stop being a lawyer so I could become a romance author, and he’s been my biggest cheerleader ever since. If you want to know where my source of romantic inspiration comes from, well…you can guess.
Finally, thank you, thank you, thank you to my readers. You are the reason I do what I do. Without you, I am nothing.
BY SAWYER BENNETT
CAROLINA COLD FURY HOCKEY SERIES
Alex
Garrett (early 2015)
THE OFF SERIES
Off Sides
Off Limits
Off the Record
Off Course
Off Chance
THE LAST CALL SERIES
On the Rocks
Make It a Double
Sugar on the Edge
Shaken Not Stirred (coming soon)
With a Twist (coming soon)
THE LEGAL AFFAIRS SERIES
Objection
Stipulation
Violation
Mitigation
Reparation
Affirmation
Confessions of a Litigation God
THE FOREVER LAND CHRONICLES
Forever Young
Forever Lost (coming soon)
BOOKS OF THE STONE VEIL
The Darkest of Blood Magicks
To Catch a Dark Thief
If I Return
Uncivilized (fall 2014)
PHOTO: MARIE KILLEN
USA Today bestselling author SAWYER BENNETT is a snarky Southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. Her husband works for a Fortune 100 company that lets him fly all over the world while she stays at home with their daughter, Parker, and three big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report that she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.
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The Editor’s Corner
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and every year I decorate my house to the nines with ghosts and goblins, jack-o-lanterns, and spider webs. There’s nothing like good old scary fun to get your heart racing…well, almost nothing. Romance novels may not be frightening, but they do make your heart beat faster…just in a different way. Our new Loveswept releases will give you heart-pounding entertainment, I promise.
Our first release in October is Cecy Robson’s raw and steamy series debut, Once Perfect, which is perfect for fans of Monica Murphy and J. Lynn. Then comes USA Today bestselling author Sawyer Bennett’s Alex, the first novel in a new hockey series that’s hot enough to melt the ice. Then we end the month with a bang with Sidney Halston’s Full Contact, the sexy second book in her fun Worth the Fight MMA series. And to kick off the holiday season, we’re also re-releasing three tantalizing holiday novellas from amazing authors: Play with Me, a warm and enticing Thanksgiving romance from Lisa Renee Jones; Snowfall, a moving Christmas tale from Mary Ann Rivers; and After Midnight, an explosive New Year’s story from Serena Bell.
In Flirt news, Lori Adams reaches new heights in Unforgiven, the final installment in The Soulkeepers series, where questions are answered, secrets are revealed, and immortal love is tested. And we also have an exciting debut from Renita Pizzitola, Just a Little Crush, an emotional novel of heartache and seduction, where a college freshman’s little crush could prove to be a huge mistake or the first step to forever.
~Happy Romance!
Gina Wachtel
Associate Publisher
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A Dare to Love Novel
by Mira Lyn Kelly
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